22 Tuesday Mar 2022
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tossed all of the old flowers out today and reorganized a few pots…
moved one of the violets into the lovely head vase from my New Year’s Day bouquet…
and spotted some new blossoms…
that was a lovely treat…
house is tidy and ready for company;-)…
07 Monday Mar 2022
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I am so happy…
over the last week more and more of my Google Home products have gone offline…
at first it was 2 tp- link plugs, then a switch, then more of the plugs and finally my Geeni cameras… made me crazy…
and then the printer stopped because it couldn’t find the wifi…
my grandson got the printer going… yay…
the suggestion was that I should delete and then add all of the products back in… I did not want to do that… my plan was to call my provider to see if there was an issue with my internet…
was waiting for another call so didn’t get around to contacting the provider…
just for fun, I went in and turned off my wifi and then turned it back on…
getting ready for bed, I went to turn one of the plugs off manually only to discover that its light was blue, not the orange that meant it wasn’t connected…
checked all the others and they were fine too…
yay 😀…
26 Saturday Feb 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, fill, garden, happy, hose, hot tub, moments, nature, snow, top up, water, weather, widow
well, I am a happy camper…
the hot tub has needed a top-up for a number of weeks, but every time it has been warm enough, or not snowing, the lid has been frozen shut…
and the less water in it the more the jets run and more water evaporates…
today I was able to go out and open it… yay… it took nearly fifteen minutes to top it up so I was pleased to get it done…
I’m not exactly sure that I can open both covers enough to get in it, but at least it has enough water for awhile…
the extendable hose works perfectly… it runs up the stairs and out the door easily so the filling part is simple…
there is a lot of snow out there, lol…
25 Friday Feb 2022
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big girl pants, blessed, happy, moments, Olympics, pvr, sorted, Technology, tv, widow
I’ve been having trouble with my PVR for a few weeks…
it has been telling me that it was full and would delete things I hadn’t seen…
this has happened before and it had been difficult to get the problem sorted out so I wasn’t looking forward to calling them…
I waited until the Olympics were over because I didn’t want any problems while they were on… so that meant that every day I would have to stay up until I finished watching anything saved… made for some long nights…
I was pleasantly surprised with how well the interaction went… took about half an hour to get the process completed… the person on the phone was able to do most of the work from a distance, with me pushing a few buttons at my end…
so happy it is fixed… we will see if it does it again, lol…
18 Friday Feb 2022
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beginning, big girl pants, blessed, blooming, flowers, happy, moments, nature, opening, orchid, plants, purple, widow
had the opportunity to watch the beginning of the opening of one of the orchid buds…
in the morning…
through the afternoon…
and into the evening…
really, nature is spectacular;-)…
11 Friday Feb 2022
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enjoyed some lovely time in the living room this afternoon with the sun shining in, highlighting the amaryllis flowers…
the first one started blooming around January 17th and right now has four blooms on its second stalk…
the three that arrived and were planted on January 21st are doing well… of them, one is down to its last bloom and one is just thinking of opening…
happy they have stretched out their growth… they have brought much joy and I have spent time with them every day…
08 Tuesday Feb 2022
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had some fun this morning changing out the decoration on the front door…
last night I found the hearts that I wanted to use and brought them to the dining room…
got a last photo of the swag before I removed it…
then I combined two hearts together and hung them up… I have finally figured out how to get them to hang at the right level before tying them off…
I think they look good from both the outside and the inside…
a few days ago I put the L O V E letters on the stairway;-)… had some fun with the lighting…
also ordered a few treats to celebrate Valentine’s weekend on my own;-)…
05 Saturday Feb 2022
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the Olympics are on, the Olympics are on;-)…
I am so excited… I like to watch live if possible, so it means I am up at all times of the day and/or night, depending where they are happening… my days and nights are currently upside down…
retirement makes this much easier… when I worked, my colleagues knew I might be kind of groggy some of the time…
I like both summer and winter versions… although for these ones I am not that fond of hockey and curling (hard to believe I am a Canadian, eh)…
I really enjoy the skating, skiing and snowboarding…
and I always want everyone to do their best… such fun to watch…
not much is going to be happening around here for the next few weeks, lol…
February is going to flash by…
02 Wednesday Feb 2022
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aroma, big girl pants, blessed, chicken soup, dumplings, happy, memories, moments, old-fashioned, remembering, snowflakes, supper, widow
made chicken soup the other day… cold outside and huge snowflakes were falling… seemed like just the thing to do…
although I could use the Instant Pot, I do it the old-fashioned way… I enjoy the aroma as it simmers away on the stove…
I like the time it takes to cool the chicken down and then separate the meat from the bones, adding in the barley, potatoes and other veggies and putting it back on to simmer…
once it was finished I packaged it up and with the last bit in the pot added dumplings for my supper…
good use of the day and delicious…
27 Thursday Jan 2022
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one of the great things about retirement is having the opportunity to watch as things unfold…
like this orchid which has been coming along nicely for a while…
yesterday at 8:48 am it was just starting to unfurl…
and at 1:55 pm it looked like this…
finally it was open at 9:14 am this morning…
and there is another bud;-)…
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